On Wednesday 23 July 2003 23:42, David Barcelo wrote: > What is the point of ebtables? See to http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/ > Why would I need it? Who know why?... ;) To filter ethernet frames (on link Layer), but not only an ip packets (on Network Layer) on Your Linux-powered bridge (because bridge is [mostly] Layer 2 (Linkk Layer) device) > Does it offer any features over iptables for just IP users? See the iptables/ebtables interaction: http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/br_fw_ia/br_fw_ia.html > Does that mean (and I think it does) that without ebtables IPX traffic would pass a bridge, such as the one this list is for, uninhibited? http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#what -- Best regards, Nick Fedchik FNM3-RIPE(-UANIC) http://www.fedchik.org.ua
